In 1833, Rothschild & Montefiore arrange a £15m loan for the British govt. The loan was used to settle former slave owners due to the Abolition Act passed by parliament. The amount paid out was £20m which represented 40% of Britain's total annual income. That loan was fully paid down in Jan 2015. Who are (or were) the beneficiaries or descendants of beneficiaries? The Gladstone dynasty got paid £107k i.e. £17m in today's value. David Cameron is the direct descendants of Gen. Sir John Duff. He held 202 slaves in Jamaica. George Orwell was also a descendant of a beneficiary. Bank of Englandbamongst many other prominent institutions and families were beneficiaries. Sadly, this loan was kept secret by HM Treasury. What it meant was that British tax payers included descendants of enslaved British citizens were being taxed to repay loans made out to pay former slave masters. Sadly, no former slaves were compensated or given land. I'll never discredit or talk down on those who still seek reparations. @ennyola0015 Perhaps tomorrow we will examine the American slave Emancipation

I am just wondering how the property market would be if the Chinese starts engaging in estate development? What will the property market be like? Are still going to see all those ladies advertising "luxury" properties or the sector will be disrupted? @ennyola0015 what do you think?

This is one reality I try not to think about 😢 😭

I just got news today of the passing of a childhood friend. He slipped in the bathroom and that was it. I’ve always been paranoid about bathroom safety. A few months ago, a friend’s dad slipped in the bathroom and had a concussion. If you have aged parents, you need to know that their bathroom needs to be configured for their age. Make sure the floor is anti-slip. Provide a seat for them in the bathroom too. Stay safe and avoid accidents.

I’ve just been thinking: is someone a thief because he stole, or he stole because he is a thief?

The passport intervention in Manchester is riddled with a lot of inefficiencies. System breaking down; number of officers to attend to the number of people not enough. People have to wait outside under the rain; online booking does not work anymore. We seem to have perfected our inefficiencies even while we are abroad. So disappointing. After 8 hours of waiting, all they now said was "come back tomorrow at 2pm". Do they realise people travel to these centres? Some commuting 2 hours. Being a Nigerian can be painful sometimes @segalink you can see that it is so difficult to defend these people

In 1969, the Ghanaian Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia issued the Aliens Compliance Order primarily because Ghana was suffering a severe economic recession, and the government used foreign migrants as scapegoats to appease an unhappy public. Foreigners were given 14 days to regularise their status or leave. Between 150,000 to 500,000 Nigerians were expelled. This was a time Nigeria was fighting a civil war. How do you expelled citizens back to a country at war? This issue generated so much diplomatic resentment for over a decade before Shagari decided to reciprocate on January 17, 1983. It appears people never consult history before acting in certain ways. It is 2026 and South Africa has done something similar to what Ghana did. Time will tell. @ennyola0015

Happy 78th Birthday, Sweet mama. We are grateful to God for giving you awesome health and a sound mind. Keep dancing, Mama

There is a massive project going on in the Niger-Delta that is going to be a game changer in Nigeria's industrial revolution. It is the Ogidigben Gas Revolution Industrial Park (GRIP). The project has already secured a $24.6 billion funding from China, UAE and South Korea. I pray this project that started in 2015 under GEJ sees the light of day. This project is the single largest construction contract recipient globally under China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for the 2025–2026 investment cycle, making Nigeria the largest beneficiary of the initiative during this time frame. I pray we don't truncate this project @ennyola0015

I just realise that in South Africa, the minimum requirement for the National Senior Certificate (NSC/General Pass), the equivalent of WASSCE or NECO pass mark is: 40% for home language, 40% for 2 additional subjects and 30% for 3 further subjects. In contrast, you must have a minimum of 50-54% (which is a C Grade) in at least 6 subjects. In Nigeria if you score 90% in 6 subjects but score 45% in Mathematics & English you aare likely not to get admission into the university. I wonder why the SA score requirement is low. @ennyola0015

Whoever becomes president of Nigeria in 2031 should prioritize the railway projects alongside the Lagos-Calabar and Sokoto-Badagry express ways. Theese two roads will in no little way transform our logistics and economy. They will accelerate development so speedily. New frontiers will be opened. Many industries will spring up, and doing business across Nigeria will be much easier.

While we were busy discussing Prince Adeyemi, Gbajabiamila & the "fake" parastatal or agency, the Nigerian Army declared 104 soldiers deserters. I don't even know what to think of this story. 104 missing soldiers. Armed with weapons and information. I am worried. @ennyola0015

What's the story about the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council? They got allocated staff, given office space at the secretariat, operate accounts with the CBN, got an allocation for over N1b? What's going on? @ennyola0015

Something MAJOR just happened in Nigerian fintech and banking sector 2 days ago, and if you use your card, transfer money, or tap a PoS machine, it affects you 👇🏾 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) dropped a directive that’s about to change how your payment data is handled. What’s the new rule? CBN has mandated all banks, fintech companies, mobile money operators, and licensed payment service providers to store every single payment transaction made in Nigeria on servers physically located in Nigeria. That means your PoS payments, online shopping checkouts, bank transfers, and mobile wallet transactions. By January 1, 2027, none of that data can live on foreign cloud servers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud anymore. It has to stay within our borders. Why is CBN doing this? 1. Data sovereignty – Your financial data is Nigerian data. CBN wants it under Nigerian laws, not subject to foreign jurisdictions. 2. Stronger oversight – Right now, regulators cannot fully “see” what’s happening when transaction data sits abroad. Local storage = more transparency + faster response to fraud. 3. Reduce systemic risk – Nigeria’s digital payments space is exploding. Depending heavily on foreign cloud providers creates a single point of failure. If AWS has an issue, Nigeria’s payments shouldn’t freeze. But that’s not all. Alongside this, CBN is tightening the screws on who actually owns these payment companies. New ownership rules: All payment operators must now disclose their Ultimate Beneficial Owners — basically, the real humans behind the companies, not just shell firms. They will also enforce anti-monopoly caps: no single player can dominate more than 25% of any payment segment, or 15% across multiple segments. The big picture: The CBN is saying “Nigeria’s digital money is a national asset.” They’re moving to protect it from external shocks, shady ownership structures, and market manipulation. Yes, it will force banks and fintechs to invest heavily in local data centers before the Jan 1, 2027 deadline. Yes, it might shake up cloud contracts. But for everyday Nigerian, the promise is: more secure payments, more transparency, and a financial system that answers to Nigeria first. The era of “data flying out before we even see it” is ending. Your money’s digital footprint is coming home 🇳🇬 Note that the compliance deadline: January 1, 2027. @ennyola0015

Be careful who you elect (or allow) to lead you because you are trusting them with your compass. Your leaders always sub-consciously programme you. Another election cycle is here. Elections have far reaching consequences than you may know. CHOOSE WISELY @ennyola0015

Jos again. This chaos seems to be endless. Does the government have a lasting solution to these killings and unrest? Or they just wish it would just go away.